Adoption

Adoption is the process where children who cannot live with their birth parents come to live with you and become legal members of your family in the same way as if they had been born to you.

Once an adoption order is made, the child’s birth parents have no further legal rights (parental responsibility) over the child.

Adoption information events 2019

Attend one of our information sessions for an informal and friendly discussion at the South East Wales Adoption Service offices at the end of the page.

Saturday 9 March, 10am-12pm

Monday 13 May, 6pm-8pm

Saturday 6 July, 10am-12pm

Tuesday 10 September, 6pm-8pm

Saturday 2 November, 10am-12pm

All children needing to be adopted in the UK are in the care of local authorities and almost all of them are living in temporary foster homes while they wait for the right adoptive home to be found.

In most cases, there is some form of adoption contact with birth family members, either face to face contact or by letters exchanged via social workers so that the child’s adoptive family details remain confidential.

Adoption agencies

In order to adopt, you will have to be approved by an adoption agency.

All local authorities act as adoption agencies and there are voluntary adoption agencies too.

The agencies approve families as adopters but do not have any children to place.